Ch.12 History

Question 0

Why did the Americans move west?

Answer 0

For the beaver fur(making hats and other clothing)

Question 1

How did the Americans move to the west?

Answer 1

They traveled by canoe,horseback,and wagon trains

Question 2

What did the mountain men do?

Answer 2

They were the first to explore and map the Rocky Mountains

Question 3

What did the mountain men do to survive in the wild?

Answer 3

They trapped animals,adopted Native American customs and clothing,and often married the native women

Question 4

How long was the Oregon trail?

Answer 4

2,000 miles

Question 5

What were some of the hardships that the pioneers faced?

Answer 5

Shortage of food,supplies,water,and rough weather

Question 6

What did the Indians do that helped the pioneers?

Answer 6

Traded goods with the pioneers and gave them food for their goods

Question 7

What was trading like on the Santa Fe trail?

Answer 7

Americans traded cloth and manufactured goods for horses,mules,and silver from Mexican traders

Question 8

How did the US government protect traders on the Santa Fe trail?

Answer 8

Sent troops to keep Indians away

Question 9

Who founded Mormonism?

Answer 9

Joseph Smith

Question 10

Why did they face persecution?

Answer 10

They practiced polygamy

Question 11

Who becomes head of the church after Joseph Smith’s death?

Answer 11

Brigham Young

Question 12

Where did Young choose to have the Mormons live?

Answer 12

Utah(Salt Lake city)

Question 13

Who started a colony in TX as an empresio?

Answer 13

Steven Auston

Question 14

What kind of law did the Texans ignore among the Mexican laws they had to follow?

Answer 14

Slavery

Question 15

When did the Mexicans ban settlement in Texas?

Answer 15

1830

Question 16

Which General fought in the battle of Texas’s independence?

Answer 16

Santa Anna

Question 17

When did the Texans declare their independence and what did they include in their constitution?

Answer 17

March 2,1836;slavery

Question 18

What happened in the battle of the Alamo?

Answer 18

200 men fend off the Mexican army for two weeks,and they all died :(

Question 19

Who led the troops on the battle of the Alamo?

Answer 19

Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett

Question 20

What happened in the battle of San Jacinto?

Answer 20

Sam Houston’s forces swarm the Mexican camp shouting “Remember the Alamo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Question 21

Who’s army is destroyed on the battle in San Jacinto?

Answer 21

Santa Anna’s army and they were also forced to grant TX’s independence

Question 22

Who becomes president of TX?

Answer 22

Sam Huston

Question 23

What did TX offer to increase their land settlement?

Answer 23

Land grants

Question 24

Why did Jackson not want TX to become a state of the US unlike congress?

Answer 24

He was afraid of having another slave state with all of the slaves already in their southern states

Question 25

What was the manifest destiny?

Answer 25

The fate to settle land all the way to the pacific in order to spread democracy

Question 26

When does Oregon become US territory?

Answer 26

1848

Question 27

Which states did Mexico control at this time?

Answer 27

AZ,NV,NA,CA

Question 28

What caused tension between US and Mexico?

Answer 28

The US involvement in TX and CA

Question 29

How many men volunteered for war service in the US?

Answer 29

200,000

Question 30

Which political party did not support the Mexican m-American war?

Answer 30

Whigs

Question 31

What was the Bear Flag Revolt?

Answer 31

Americans declared CA as and independent nation in June and in July the US came and claimed the land for the union

Question 32

What ended the war and which states did it give to the US?

Answer 32

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo;CA,NV,UH

Question 33

By what percentage did UH,NV,CA increase the US landmass?

Answer 33

25%

Question 34

What was the Gadsden purchase?

Answer 34

US government paid $10 million to Mexico for AZ and NA

Question 35

Who faced discrimination in America?

Answer 35

The Mexicans,Mexican Americans,and Native Americans

Question 36

What did laws begin to be printed in?

Answer 36

English and Spanish

Question 37

What creates a new southwestern economy?

Answer 37

Trade

Question 38

Who started a colony in California?

Answer 38

John Sutter

Question 39

Who discovered gold?

Answer 39

James Marshall

Question 40

Who were the forty-niners?

Answer 40

People who came to CA looking for gold

Question 41

What was the Donner party?

Answer 41

A group of western travelers who went to CA bit were stranded in the Sierra mountains during winter. 42 of 87 died and they turned to cannabalism to survive

Question 42

Who were the placer miners?

Answer 42

People who used pans to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel

Question 43

Which immigrants were not welcomed?

Answer 43

The Chinese

Question 44

Who was Levi Strauss?

Answer 44

A man from Germany,Jewish, and he made a fortune by making tough denim jeans for miners

Question 45

What created CA's economy?

Answer 45

Gold mining,ranching,and farming